Chapter 2 of 6 · 43 posts
Florida and the Bahamas
Sailing with kids began in Florida. Then we crossed the Gulf Stream to the Bahamas.
Learning the ropes in Florida19 posts
- Living on a Sailboat With Kids: Freedom or Confinement?
- Meal planning and provisioning for a family afloat: six suggestions for cruisers
- Family Life on a Sailboat: Finding Our New Rhythm Under Sail
- Homeschooling on hold
- Growing Up Canadian: Winter, Canoes and Sailing South
- Sailing Around the World: Our Family Adventure Begins
- Books are treasures forever (by Betty)
- Making Ice Cream on a Sailboat: Off-Grid Luxury
- Educating Kids on a Sailboat: Finding Our Groove
- Kids and Boredom: The Best Park Had No Playground
- Florida Keys Sailing with Our 4 Boat Kids & a Dockside Party
- Halloween in Tavernier: Trick-or-Treat Carnival in the Keys
- Building an Offshore Medical Kit for a Cruising Family
- Rain Sounds: One Minute of a Florida Downpour on a Sailboat
- First Dinghy Drive: Grocery Shopping Becomes a Sport
- Handwashing Laundry on a Boat: 4 Lessons & The True Cost
- International Medical Insurance for a Sailing Family
- Offshore Medical Kit List: What We Used After 10 Years
- Christmas on a Sailboat: Cards, Storms and the Bahamas
Across the Gulf Stream to the Bahamas24 posts
- First Sailing Passage: Fear, Seasickness and Bahamas Plans
- Boat Battery Testing: When Load Tests Get It Wrong
- Victron Boat Batteries: Installing Our New Battery Bank
- Storm at Anchor: Our First Taste of Rough Weather
- Waiting to Cross the Gulf Stream: Excitement Builds
- Sailing From Florida to the Bahamas: Our First Crossing
- Buying a Mattress for a Boat: When Delivery Means Dinghy
- Nassau Jitney Bus: Discovering the Real Bahamas
- Allen Cay, Bahamas — Our First Isolated Anchorage
- What Goes Wrong on a Sailboat: When the Watermaker Breaks
- Cruising Life With Kids: Finding Our Rhythm Aboard
- Shroud Cay, Bahamas: Exploring the Labryinth of Tidal Creeks
- Pigs, Sharks, and Thunderball Grotto — Exploring the Exumas with Kids
- George Town, Bahamas — Summer Camp for Cruisers
- Jumentos, Bahamas — Leaving Chicken Habour
- George Town Dock Drama
- Hurricane Season in the Caribbean: Why We Chose Luperón
- Swimming With a Wild Dolphin in the Bahamas — With Video
- Ragged Islands, Bahamas: Duncan Town and Buenavista Cay
- Mayaguana, Bahamas: The Generosity in Abraham’s Bay
- Off the Beaten Track Bahamas: Sailing Beyond the Exumas
- Bahamas Long Reads — Exumas Stories
- Beginner Sailor Departure Checklist: Leaving an Anchorage
- How to Avoid Seasickness While Sailing: Ditching Dramamine